source: wikipedia commons
The blades of the windmill have an initial shaft/
sometimes called slow shaft that is connected to a gearbox.
The gears are designed in such a way that the shaft
connected to the generator spins much faster than the initial shaft, the
generator produces electricity and can be connected to a grid or a battery.
Below is an electric train, it could also be a diesel
train, the type of train does not matter what we are after is using less fossil
fuels and creating less emissions.
The front view of the train looks like below, it could be
diesel, or electric collecting power from a third rail, or it collects power
from a pantograph.
Below is a diagram of a controlled wind jet on side of
train, this controlled wind turns blades/ a wind turbine.
The wind turbines are attached to a gearbox through
retractable shaft, through an initial shaft and then connected to a generator
that produces electricity that is stored in a battery. This batter depending on
design can be used to power lights or the train itself aiding the diesel train
or the electric train meaning it is drawing less power from the grid. The shaft
is retractable because the whole system needs to be retractable and allowed to
come out when train hits a viable speed so that there is enough wind to turn
the blades or in case a train is going through a tunnel that is not wide
enough, or once battery is fully charged there is no need to generate more
power. This will add distance for train if it is diesel, add distance to train
if it is powered by lithium batteries or hydrogen fuel cells.
The train with fins is shown below, be it diesel, uses
lithium batteries, hydrogen fuel cells or a pantograph.
The turbines can be added to the top of the train.
When added to the top the view of the train looks like
below.
Forget about patents, who can afford looking after one,
enjoy the mind. Now if you are a scientist not a politician you will understand that the power of this can be equivalent to a windmill generator that powers into megawatts, depending on how much space of a train car one is willing to take, it is not size of the turbines, its speed of the rotation of shafts, wind could make a train never needing power from the grid or fossil fuel as battery can always be charged. That is a reality. :-D
Bhekuzulu Khumalo
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